On the first day of vacation, I went out to see:Silver Creek Falls in the snowI'm not the only one who thought it was a nice day for a hikeOver the riverand through the woodsto grandmother's house we go...(okay, that's actually my house but go with me here :D)But beware the big bad bearI was going to hike to Winter Falls along the Rim Trail and as you can see, no one else was brave enough to go first except the deer. I saw several sets of deer tracks but no deer. I got about a quarter mile into the woods when the trail became a pond of melted snow that was deeper than my boots so I decided I didn't really need to freeze my feet off and turned back. So South Falls is all I got this time out but I must say, wading through ankle deep snow is a workout!I've got to get me some kind of shoe cleats for walking in ice/packed snow. I walked this 9 mile loop last summer but the ice and snow made me rather uncomfortable about trying to go down some of the steep trails and I turned back. Call me chicken but I'd rather not chance slipping and breaking a leg out there by myself. It might have been different if I'd been able to get someone else to go too.